Parmenides
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Parmenides of Elea. (c. 515 BCE – c. 434 BCE). A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea in Magna Graecia. The single known work is a poem often referred to as ‘On Nature'.
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- His dates are uncertain.
- Single known work is a poem often referred to as ‘On Nature'. Only fragments of it survive.
- Reality is one.
- Change is impossible.
- Existence is timeless and uniform.
- Founder of ontology.
- Senses are faulty and unreliable.
- Eleatic school of philosophy.
- Fire is the arche.
